tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jun 11 07:24:45 2009
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Quch DaHutlh'a'?
- From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Subject: Quch DaHutlh'a'?
- Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:22:30 -0500
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For those interested in forehead lore, today's Merriam Webster's Word of the Day "effrontery" is of interest:
To the Romans, the shameless were "without forehead,"
at least figuratively. "Effrontery" derives from Latin
*effrons,* a word that combines the prefix *ex-* (meaning
"out" or "without") and *frons* (meaning "forehead" or
"brow"). The Romans never used *effrons* literally to
mean "without forehead," and theorists aren't in full
agreement about the connection between the modern
meaning of "effrontery" and the literal senses of its
roots. Some explain that *frons* can also refer to the
capacity for blushing, so a person without *frons* would
be "unblushing" or "shameless." Others theorize that
since the Romans believed that the brow was the seat
of a person's modesty, being without a brow meant being
"immodest," or again, "shameless." [Meriam-Webster.com]
bItuHpa' bIHeghjaj!
--
Voragh
Canon Master of the Klingons